Interviews On Gaming Scene In Japan Wrapped Up

Thanks to GameSpy for completing their feature interviewing major Japanese gaming figures, following several interviews excerpted on Slashdot Games throughout the week. Steven L. Kent, author of The Ultimate History of Video Games, "spent most of the month of March in Japan doing research for a book about the games industry", and among the unreferenced interviews are a look inside Namco Japan, a discussion of the state of the Japanese arcade, and a chat with Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi, with Kent concluding: "In the early '80s, while the American home console business almost ceased to exist, the Japanese console market flourished. The reverse could happen."

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[bob65]

American game companies were being run Hollywood-style, going big with every release, and playing a constant game of one-upsmanship against their competitors.

Hmmm, sounds familiar....